Alcohol and other drug use in Michelin-starred kitchen brigades

Timing of Alcohol and Other Drug Use

Many Americans who drink alcohol are polydrug users--that is, they also use other psychoactive drugs, such as nicotine, pharmaceuticals, cannabis, and other illicit substances. Polydrug use is a general term that describes a wide variety of substance use behaviors. Different types of polydrug use can be described with regard to the timing of the ingestion of multiple substances. Concurrent poly...

Alcohol Use and Alcohol Use Disorders in Bangladesh

Background: This review was performed to evaluate the trend of alcohol use, characteristics of consumers, alcohol use disorders and toxic alcohol intoxications in Bangladesh. In addition, sources and sales figures of alcoholic beverages, and number of legal permits issued for alcohol consumption are reported and analyzed. Methods: A narrative search was performed on available medical literature...

Tobacco, alcohol and other drug use among medical students.

The non-medical use of dependence-producing drugs is not a new phenomenon. The use of tobacco, which is known to be a dependence-producing substance causing serious physical illness, is so widespread as to constitute a major public health problem; the fact that it does not have major psychotoxic effects, even when consumed in large amounts, has allowed tobacco to become a socially acceptable dr...

Update: alcohol and other drug use among vehicular crash victims.

Pharmacotherapy of adolescent alcohol and other drug use disorders.

Alcohol Health & Research World Medications are playing an increasingly important role as adjuncts to psychosocial strategies of alcoholism treatment. Although problems associated with the use of alcohol and other drugs (AODs) often appear in adolescence, most studies of AOD pharmacotherapy have been conducted in adults. Because youth may react differently from adults to both the therapeutic an...